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Down Syndrome affects physical growth, facial characteristics, and intellect. Also known as Trisomy 21, it is a genetic mutation in which a person is born with an extra chromosome. These chromosomes are rod-like structures where genetic materials are stored and grouped. The nucleus of each cell in the human body contains 23 chromosomes, half, being inherited from each parent. The added chromosome changes the systematic development, affecting not only physical traits but mental as well. Common…

In the novel Watership Down by Richard Adams, the lapine vocabulary is used as the language between the rabbits. For instance, the word Flayrah is used to mean unusually good food. It is important to the plot because rabbits eat grass, but Cowslip says they eat more appetizing food from the fields like lettuce or carrots (flayrah). Fiver gets a feeling that there's something unnatural about this warren. This feeling soon helps him discover that they live on a farm. The rabbits are getting fed so…

to read their menus to them. A more urgent example of discrimination against the disabled is the ongoing debate on whether adults with mental disabilities, most commonly Down Syndrome, should be allowed to procreate. According to The National Down Syndrome Society, “Between 35 and 50 percent of children born to mothers with Down Syndrome are likely to have trisomy 21 or other developmental disabilities;” this statistic gives the able-bodied a logical argument against the procreation of people…

The Washington Ice Dogs is an organization that gives young people with developmental disabilities the opportunity to play ice hockey. Not only does it give them the opportunity to play ice hockey, but the opportunity to learn skills that can help carry them through their lives. Run by volunteers, the Washington Ice Dogs need the support of others to help anchor the organization and allow them to make a difference in lives of these young players. With sacrifice, compassion, and dedication, lives…

Lennie right before George takes his life to remind him there is a better place where he can’t hurt anyone. “ George raised his gun his hand shook, please tell me George, We going to get a nice little place, maybe a pig and a couple of chickens, and down in the flat well have a alfalfa------- for the rabbits, Lennie shouted, an live on the fatta the lan.….. Go on, george, when we goin to do it. Gonna do it soon………. Les do it now le’s get that place now…. He raised the gun and shot.” In this time…

The history and background of Edwards Syndrome comes from a man named John Hilton Edwards. He first wrote down his findings after a letter he wrote talking about heredity disorders. Pediatrics was his specialty and he was spending time at the Children’s Hospital in Birmingham when he saw a potential chromosomal disorder in a newborn. Edwards called it trisomy which means type unknown. Then he had some of the tissue tested and founded an extra chromosome. He then re-named named it trisomy…

Atrial septal defect (ASD) is an abnormal communication between the atria (McCance, Huether, Brashers, & Rote, 2010, p. 1219). It is considered as the fourth most common congenital heart defect, comprising about 5% to 10% of all congenital cardiac defects. The causes of ASD remains unknown, but it was thought that genetics play a role. A person with no other heart defect, or a small defect (less than 5 millimeters) may remain asymptomatic, or manifest symptoms later in life ("MedlinePlus," 2014)…

Introduction The Disability Act 2005 defines disability in relation to a person entails a restriction in the capacity of a person to undertake a profession, business or occupation in the state or to engage in social or cultural life because of physical, sensory, mental health or intellectual impairment (National Disability Authority, 2014). To further elaborate intellectual disability is described as a disability identified by vital limitations both in intellectual functioning (reasoning,…

Each year, about 6,000 babies are born with Down Syndrome, according to the CDC. Down Syndrome is a congenital disorder that causes intellectual impairment and physical abnormalities such as hypotonia, ligamentous laxity, and decreased strength which prevent children with Down Syndrome from developing motor skills at the same level as children without the disorder. The Children’s TherAplay Foundation provides therapy for children with disorders such as this. An employee from this foundation…

Published in 2015, the Retinitis Pigmentosa article, provided by The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, defines retinitis pigmentosa as a disease that “refers to a group of inherited disorders that slowly lead to blindness due to abnormalities of the photoreceptors (primarily in the rods) in the retina.”. The article explained what happens throughout the eye of a retinitis pigmentosa or a RP patient. In the article readers were told how RP only affects the eye. However since most of human…